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(Schuett, 2006). This is the definition that seems to be in widespread use today, as people define jihad as a struggle between Mus...
in the new society. From the period of 800 AD, Muhammads Islamic influence upon the people of Syria, Iran and Egypt was great and...
This 5-page paper compares Islam and Christianity in Russia. Also offered is a brief history of both religions. Bibliography lists...
relates to specific patterns or traditions within the church. The author notes, "There is no clergy in Islam and thus no hierarchy...
throughout most of Western history, Christianity has practiced active and persistent racism against Jews, as European pogroms agai...
examination of this there is a letter written by Leo III to Umar II which states the following: "In brief you admit that we say th...
but rather on living according to Gods word in this life. Judaism introduced into the world a high moral standard of love and just...
West has had trouble reconciling Muhammad as a spiritual leader and also as a military conqueror. He explains this seeming dichoto...
removing religion and irrationality from human history" (Inayatullah, 2002). The ideals of globalization are also predominantly ...
provides a non-ethnocentric view of Islam. A number of Western writers, however, have attempted to approach Islam in an honest an...
the Muslims(Guillaume, 1955). The Shiites seem to have begun as a family feud of sorts. When the prophet Mohammad (PBUH) died, th...
I of Austrasia and then Pepin III (also known as Pepin the Short) who would ultimately depose the last Merovingian king and become...
States. Abdulwahab Alkebsi, executive director of the Islamic Institute in Washington stated after the attacks that "this is the b...
the silk trade in general, laid the groundwork for the spread of religion. One might compare the phenomenon to the Internet today....
several different schools" (Anonymous The History of Buddhism, 2002; history.html). From this we can perhaps understand that these...
Whether or not the charge regarding globalization is true is besides the point. The people feel that way and are perhaps angered t...
of the cultural impacts resulting from the extensive trade which characterized the period revolved around controlling the trade ro...
a more intimate and personal approach to God than was provided by Sunni formalism and detachment (Lippman, 1995). The Sufis found ...
sex with a male, after the manner of sex with a woman, they have both committed an abomination, they shall surely be killed" (Quot...
Western conquest, similar movements were directed wholly or in part against Westerners. These include the Wahhabis and Faraizis of...
however, given the current state of world affairs it is imperative that we gain a better understanding of it. A number...
that their God will ultimately rule the world, that the Jews have established the doctrines of faith and hope as the "two most pro...
In eleven pages Islam and slavery are among the issues discussed in this West Africa historical consideration that focuses upon th...
In eight pages Islam, Judaism, and Christianity are considered in a contrast and comparison of evolution theories. Six sources ar...
In seven pages this paper reviews Lohbeck's text in an emphasis upon the roles of Islam and the CIA in the author's Afghan reality...
This 5 page paper discusses the fact that Osama bin Laden and his followers are Muslims, and that Islam claims to be a peaceful re...
production and distribution system, something called perestroika (1999). That contributed to the breakup of the centralized struc...
In ten pages this paper examines the culture of Islam as presented in Beyond the Veil by Fatima Mernissi. There are no other sour...
of women, granted the gender a decidedly intellectual and moral existence within the societal framework; indeed, these were two as...
interpreted. Islam in particular has begun to serve as a point of confusion for the Western World as to exactly what its teaching...